Four matches to go, how important is it to put the pressure on Chelsea?

I think it’s important for us of course and for the Premier League to put pressure, to keep interest until the end of the season. But of course it's a great opportunity for us, Friday, to try to reduce the gap and put a little bit of pressure on them.

It's true that the gap is important, only four games to play, but of course we will play another derby against West Ham and it will be very, very tough game.

But in our mind we only try to go and play and try to get three points as that’s our challenge, to be in the title race at the end of the game for the title.

Is it a must-win game and you must make the most of this opportunity?

I think in the last few months always was before every game it was a game we must win, because to be alive in the race always win, win, win and win.

Tomorrow is another game we must win of course but if not the percentage to win the Premier League and catch Chelsea will be difficult. That’s why we are very calm, the team is ok, in a very good mood. After the victory against Arsenal, there is no reason to worry. We only need to know that tomorrow will be another tough game, that we need to be ready to fight, focus, and try to be better and deserve three points.

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What has the win against Arsenal done here in terms of confidence and belief?

The team have shown in the last few months great belief, that team is so confident in our skills. You can see the results at the end. Now every game is completely different with different problems, try to be better than them, they’re ready to fight against us as it’s a derby.

We know what that means, to play a derby. The players are confident only to arrive in better condition, all the things clear, and try to score more goals and be better than them.

Is there a sense that if you can get it down to one point Chelsea could crumble?

No, Chelsea are a team with a lot of experience, players that won World Cups or the Premier League before. It’s about trying to win games and points. If we can win tomorrow to get the three points you will see things differently and the perception will be different for everyone but at the end it’s up to us to win but it's up to them, because they are four points ahead of us.

Always, how I told you before, all that happens for us will be good if we win and if we are not capable of getting the three points it will be difficult.

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Last season you didn't win any of your last four games, what's different this time?

I think we are in a better position than last season. First thing is that we are sure we finish better in terms of points, that means we’ve improved ourselves over last season. Then when you compete with other teams it’s about trying to be better and above them.

Now we need to show that we are able to manage the last four games but you can’t compare last season with this one, we’ve learned a lot and we’re more mature than then. I am so calm. If we win, sure it will be fantastic for us. If we can’t, sure that it's because it’s football.

What do you make of the uncertainty around Slaven Bilic?

I don't know. It’s so difficult and I don’t like to speak about rumours, and that is a massive rumour. Only I can say that I have a very good relationship with him, he's a great guy and great manager.

Always it’s difficult when you move stadium to a new stadium, the Olympic Stadium, completely different. We start to see this at Wembley, what happens when we played. We must make Wembley our home and it’s so difficult. I think he is doing a very good job. He is a great manager, will be good to see him tomorrow again.

Are there lessons to be learned from West Ham's new stadium experience?

No, always it’s different, only we can see from outside but we don’t know the reality. It's so difficult to speak about what happened there. We can say that when you move it’s always...things are different and you need to adapt, different things to the new stadium.

Sure they suffered a little bit. We are aware the next season will be very important to us, our willingness needs to be bigger than this season, we need to be ready for everything. It’s important that all staff, the club, the players know next season will be tougher than others, different, we need all the people giving their best to try to arrive at the new stadium in very good condition.

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Will Danny Rose be available to play against Manchester United?

We will see, after three months and one week that he is not playing, we need to see, we need to assess. It's not easy for every player to arrive to play, need to assess every day.

We hope that in the next session he can stay with the group training and then decide if he is in condition to play. The most important thing now is that he feels good, recovers his fitness and his knee and then important he can be involved again with the team.

There has been plenty of speculation around Kyle Walker's future (Image: Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

Suggestions that your relationship with Kyle Walker is not all it should be and that Toby Alderweireld's contract talks have stalled. Is that true?

A lot of rumours and you know I never speak about rumours. There are many rumours about all the players.

It is unhelpful that there are all these rumours?

It’s not a good thing. because I think that Tottenham is the team most involved in the rumours. Yes, you see now in the last month, still two weeks to play and four games, there are many rumours.

But it doesn’t affect me, I am so calm, the players are very calm. They all know what happens inside. It’s important our fans know that here is really calm. Rumours are rumours, we will see what happens at the end if they are true or not, like always in football. That is why I am so relaxed.

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Your thoughts on Aaron Lennon?

We feel very sorry about the situation with Aaron, we wanted from here to send all our wishes that he recovers soon, him and his family, all. The club is in contact with his agent now, trying to see what we can do to help him.

We all feel very sorry. It’s a person that was here for nearly ten years and Tottenham care a lot about his situation, the players, the staff, all the people are very concerned about his situation.

Is Kyle Walker in contention to start against West Ham?

Yes, he’s on list for tomorrow.

Is he happy at Tottenham?

I cannot confirm this, because it’s rumours. If I speak about all the rumours, we will be in the press conference for two hours. I think it’s about football, we understand them but I can’t confirm anything because they’re rumours.

Mauricio Pochettino celebrates his side's second goal against Arsenal

You've won nine in a row, what is your team doing better now that it was in mid-October?

You have a very good memory, I don't know. I think what we are doing now is winning games, playing well, that is important. The team is showing very good performances, maturity. I think there are not many secrets to explain, it’s football. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.

Are these games at the end of the season played more in the mind? Do you need strong characters?

I think you cannot split. When you play you do it with your heart, skills, legs, character, personality. It’s not something you can split. It's a think all together. You can’t only play with your brain or character, only your abilities, holistic things.

Will you speak to Slaven Bilic after the about lessons he's learned from their stadium move?

Yes, it's a great opportunity to listen to him, sure many questions will appear before or after game. Sure. Always it’s important to listen, to be open to learn. He maybe can advise us in different things.

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Will that be your decision or the club's?

Club decision always, because I am Tottenham manager. It’s not Mauricio Pochettino Football Club eh? That is very important to clarify. In three years always the club's decision.

The club can confirm Champions League football with a point, how important is that two years in a row?

I don't know, we are focusing on reducing the gap with Chelsea and we don’t know how many points we need to be sure of the Champions League next season. I hear that we are sure of finishing top four now, or one point we need. Look I am focusing on trying to reduce the gap to Chelsea and catching them.

Tottenham Hotspur chairman Daniel Levy has spearheaded the club's improvements off the pitch

If the table was the last two years, Spurs would be top with a net spend of £7m to City's £270m, your thoughts?

I think it's a very good achievement for the club. We have to congratulate all, first the chairman. Daniel Levy deserves a lot of credit in those three years.

Because his support is massive to me and that’s a good thing to recognise when the people help you, when the chairman cares about you, shares ideas and tries to be involved every day.

The good thing at Tottenham is that all decisions are club decisions. Not Mauricio Pochettino decision or Daniel Levy decision. We share all decisions and that’s so important to success in football.

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That’s why I want to recognise all his support, he is a person who is 24 hours caring for the club, the fans, trying to improve the team, the facilities, creating a new stadium because all he is doing is for us, the staff, players and fans.

Sometimes it’s so difficult because always we appear, score the striker he is praised, if the team is doing well the manager is praised. But if you have a great chairman like we have it's important to recognise it and all the staff on the board and at the club.

I think the last two seasons we are showing that are capable as a club to be strong and try to fight for big things in the future. We are going the right way.

Ben Davies was in top form against Arsenal

Has rotating wing-backs been key for you?

Yes, if you follow me it was one of the good decisions. Because when you have players who deserve to play, you can rotate and all feel involved and important to the team, that is good.

From the beginning I remember always because the rotation between Danny Rose and Ben Davies, now Trippier and Kyle in the last two seasons. You can see the performances.

If you look at the starting XI in the Premier League, we have plenty of players because we have good players and a squad who affect the team-mates and make them better.

That is a very good thing for us. It’s difficult because tomorrow we focus on winning the game in the race for the title, but for me after three seasons I want to praise the players, their effort. The demand from the coaching staff is so high. For me they are heroes, super players because every season we improve. When nobody believes, we improve again. That is a big credit to them, not only to some people.

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Looking at this fixture three seasons ago, a certain Eric Dier made his debut?

It was his first official fixture, he was in the starting XI. Yes, I'm very happy because he's a great guy and he deserves it. I think we created altogether a new style player. He can play different roles. It's fantastic, one of keys that flexibility he provides with his quality for the team. He's been a fantastic signing for the club.

Kieran Trippier kept Alexis Sanchez quiet on Sunday

Reports Kieran Trippier will be the next to sign a new contract, any truth in that?

Kieran still has three years, but the good thing now is that we are all focused in trying to finish the season. The day after Hull we can start to speak about all the things that will maybe happen at the club next season.

Today all the players, the board, the staff, we’re all focused to give our best and finish in best way. There's no point today speaking about things that can only affect the team in a negative way. That is another rumour that I cannot speak about.

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So all talks about futures are on hold until after the Hull game?

Of course, no decisions until the end of the season about anything. I understand all the rumours and accept the business, but please a little bit of care about the things. Tottenham is a trending topic in all the rumours, we are champions. In the last two seasons we are more than first.